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CQ News Morning Headlines - May 19, 2016

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NEW PUERTO RICO BILL AIMS FOR BIPARTISAN BUY-IN	
After more than a month of wrangling, House Republicans late Wednesday unveiled the latest version of a bill that seeks to rescue Puerto Rico from its debt crisis, but its path forward remains unclear.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891643?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE PASSES DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL AFTER FEISTY DEBATE	
The House passed, 277-147, a massive defense authorization bill Wednesday evening after two full days of rapid-fire debate on scores of often-contentious amendments.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891014?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE PASSES $622 MILLION BILL TO CURB SPREAD OF ZIKA VIRUS	
The House passed a $622 million spending bill late Wednesday to address the Zika virus, but there's plenty of work ahead before federal dollars begin flowing to health and foreign aid agencies to battle the mosquito-borne disease.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891553?srcpage=cqnamt

ZIKA AID PROMPTS NEW SENATE SPAT OVER SPENDING LEVELS	
The debate over Zika funding reached a fever pitch on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon, as lawmakers sparred over competing standalone proposals to provide extra appropriations to combat the spread of the mosquito-borne virus.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4890981?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE SPENDING BILL FOR VETERANS MAY SEE CONFEDERATE FLAG FIGHT	
House debate on the Military Construction-VA spending bill began Wednesday night with Republicans hailing it as a "balanced, responsible" piece of legislation that needs to be passed.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891314?srcpage=cqnamt

SENATE DEBATES FAIR HOUSING RIDER, COLLINS' ALTERNATIVE	
An amendment to the Transportation-HUD spending bill to deny funding for a federal housing rule aimed at curtailing discrimination was countered Wednesday by bill manager Susan Collins, who pushed instead for her alternative.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891537?srcpage=cqnamt

GOP TRIES TO MOVE TAX BILLS FOR MILITARY AS MEMORIAL DAY HONOR	
With an eye on Memorial Day, House Republicans are pushing to deliver new tax incentives to National Guard members and reservists along with other proposals that would help military veterans.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891406?srcpage=cqnamt

EGYPT NEEDS U.S. ASSISTANCE DEALING WITH ISIS, MCCAUL SAYS	
&#x200B;Egyptian military forces need U.S. counterinsurgency help and training to combat the growing presence of the Islamic State in the country's Sinai Peninsula, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul tells CQ in an exclusive sit-down.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891416?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING SPENDING BILL ADVANCED	
House appropriators Wednesday quickly approved a $58.2 billion spending bill for transportation and housing programs, after members on both sides praised funding boosts in the measure and held their fire over contentious policy language dealing with truckers' rest requirements.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891070?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE PANEL APPROVES COMMERCE-JUSTICE-SCIENCE SPENDING BILL	
A House panel approved on Wednesday a fiscal 2017 Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill that would provide $56 billion in discretionary funding, including money to combat the opioid abuse epidemic.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4890537?srcpage=cqnamt

LANDMARK FOOD AID BILL ADVANCES TO HOUSE FLOOR	
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday unanimously advanced a Senate bill authorizing billions of dollars in foreign food assistance and other disaster relief, sending the measure to the House floor, where it is expected to be passed and sent to the president.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891329?srcpage=cqnamt

HOUSE PANEL APPROVES CONTENTIOUS CHILD NUTRITION BILL	
A House committee on Wednesday advanced by voice vote a child nutrition reauthorization bill that could reduce access to free meals for low-income students and test a pilot program in three states that would fund school meals with a block grant.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891507?srcpage=cqnamt

BILL TO DELAY OZONE RULES MOVES OUT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE	
A controversial House bill that would delay implementation of the Obama administration's latest ozone air quality standards was advanced along party lines, 30-23, by the Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4890988?srcpage=cqnamt

BIOFUELS GAIN IN EPA'S LATEST RENEWABLE-FUEL STANDARDS	
The Obama administration on Wednesday proposed http://www.cq.com/doc/?docid=4891207 new levels of renewable fuel to be included in the nation's energy mix in 2017 and 2018, raising the amount of ethanol it wants in U.S. biofuels as a way to increase the nations' production of more environmentally friendly energy.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891394?srcpage=cqnamt

SENTENCING BILL WOULD REDUCE FEDERAL PRISON COSTS, CBO SAYS	
A bipartisan bill to overhaul the nation's sentencing laws would reduce federal prison costs by $722 million over the next 10 years because there would be fewer prisoners, according to a Congressional Budget Office report released Wednesday.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891243?srcpage=cqnamt

COAL ASH MARKUP DELAYED BY SENATE ENVIRONMENT PANEL	
A bill with bipartisan sponsorship that would transfer to the states some of the EPA's authority to regulate coal ash disposal was unexpectedly scratched from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee markup agenda on Wednesday amid negotiations to get more Democrats on board.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891180?srcpage=cqnamt

PANEL BACKS BILL TO SPUR 'ADVANCED' NUCLEAR REACTORS	
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved legislation Wednesday that would establish a new framework for regulating so-called advanced nuclear power plants.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4890904?srcpage=cqnamt

TRUMP, RNC STRIKE DEALS ON FUNDRAISING	
Details on how Donald Trump's presidential campaign plans to collaborate on fundraising with national and state Republican Party committees are emerging. But the arrangement may leave some battleground states out of the loop.
http://www.cq.com/doc/4891433?srcpage=cqnamt

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